Spatial Competition between Jurisdictions Which Tax Perfectly Competitive Retail (or Production) Centers

摘要: Abstract This paper examines the taxes that jurisdictions choose to impose on perfectly competitive retail centers (or production centers) within their boundaries. Retail are located a line, and segments of line. A jurisdiction maximizes sum tax revenues residents′ consumer surplus. The chosen by is function spacing between centers, locations interjurisdictional boundaries, imposed neighboring jurisdictions. An exporting chooses positive tax. importing zero tax, even if have or subsidies. If all with use endogenous fiscal policy, then each imposes